Dixie Hills, Atlanta

Dixie Hills is a neighborhood of southwest Atlanta with a population of 1,756 (2010).^[1]

It is bordered:^[2]

on the north by Joseph E. Boone Blvd., across which are Center Hill and Grove Park
on the east by Whitaker Circle and Anderson Ave., across which are West Lake
on the south by I-20 across which is Florida Heights; and Penelope Neighbors
on the west by the Harvel Homes Community and Westhaven

History

In 1960, Donald "Doc" Miller opened Miller's Dixie Hills Pharmacy. In 1965 he moved his business to what is now called South Downtown and changed the name to Miller's Rexall Drugs,^[3] today a quirky landmark known for its selection of hoodoo supplies.

In 1967, Atlanta historian Franklin Garrett described Dixie Hills as a small area of "small, neat, middle-class homes" of African Americans; "near the edge lies a large, low-rent, privately owned apartment complex which curves around a small shopping center". There were no swimming pools or shade trees or entertainment facilities.^[4] After a riot in June 1967,^[5] the city dedicated resources to build a path to Anderson Park, a baseball diamond and shower stalls;^[4] and to repairing streets and improving health inspections.^[5]

Government

Dixie Hills lies in NPU J.

Parks

Anderson Park^[2]

Schools

Turner Middle School^[2]

People

Atlanta Child Murders prime suspect Wayne Williams was born and raised in Dixie Hills. Many of the victims disappeared from the neighborhood.

References

↑ 2010 U.S. census figures as tabulated by WalkScore
1 2 3 Google (2014-08-22). "Dixie Hills, Atlanta, GA" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
↑ Spiritual Merchants: Religion, Magic, and Commerce, Carolyn Morrow Long, p.153
1 2 Atlanta and Environs, Vol. 3, Franklin Miller Garrett, p. 484
1 2 Race and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century Atlanta, Ronald H. Bayor, p.142

Neighborhoods and districts of Atlanta

Downtown	Castleberry Hill Fairlie-Poplar Centennial Hill Hotel District Five Points Luckie Marietta Peachtree Center SoNo South Downtown

Midtown	Ansley Park Atlantic Station Colony Square Fox Theatre Historic District Loring Heights Historic Midtown Home Park Sherwood Forest Technology Square

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West Midtown	Berkeley Park Blandtown Home Park Knight Park-Howell Station Marietta Street Artery Underwood Hills Westside Provisions

Eastside	Atkins Park Cabbagetown Candler Park Druid Hills East Atlanta East Lake Edgewood Grant Park Glenwood Park Inman Park Kirkwood Lake Claire Lindridge/Martin Manor Little Five Points Morningside/Lenox Park North Ormewood Park Oakland Old Fourth Ward Ormewood Park Piedmont Heights Poncey-Highland Reynoldstown Sweet Auburn Virginia-Highland

Southeast	Benteen Park Boulevard Heights Chosewood Park High Point Joyland Lakewood Heights Peoplestown South Atlanta Summerhill

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Northwest	Bankhead The Bluff Carey Park Center Hill Dixie Hills English Avenue Grove Park Hunter Hills Mozley Park Riverside Scotts Crossing Vine City Washington Park West Lake Whittier Mill Village

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Coordinates: 33°45′32″N 84°27′07″W / 33.759°N 84.452°W / 33.759; -84.452

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